Hot Dog Mummies Ingredients

How to Make Mummy Hot Dogs

A free printable copy of this recipe is available at the bottom of the post, after photo step-by-step instructions.

Preheat oven according to directions on crescent dough package (usually either 350°F or 375°F).

While oven preheats, open can of cough and unwrap into sheets. Separate the dough along perforations into rectangles, but not into triangles. Press any remaining perforations with your fingers to seal them so that you have solid rectangles of dough.

Use a knife to slice the rectangles of dough into narrow strips, about 1/2″ wide. You want one strip of dough per mummy hot dog.

Wrap one strip of dough around each hot dog, so that there is space between the dough and it reaches from top to bottom of the hot dog.

Add two drops of mustard near the top of your hot dog mummies (on the hot dog itself) to be the eyes. You could also use edible eyeballs instead and add them AFTER the baking. Or you can skip the eyes altogether if you don’t have any on hand.

Place your hot dog mummies on a baking sheet prepared with non-stick cooking spray and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the dough turns golden brown on the outside.

Remove from oven and allow to cool before serving.

Grab a free printable copy of our Hot Dog Mummies Recipe here:

Yield: 8 hot dogs

Easy Mummy Hot Dogs

Easy and adorable Hot Dog Mummies are the perfect savory Halloween party appetizer! Ready in 15 minutes and only two ingredients required!

Prep Time5 minutes

Cook Time10 minutes

Total Time15 minutes

Ingredients

1 can refrigerated crescent dough

8 hot dogs

mustard, optional

Instructions

Preheat oven according to directions on package.

Open can of cough and unwrap into sheets. Separate the dough along perforations into rectangles, but not into triangles. Press any remaining perforations with your fingers to seal them so that you have solid rectangles of dough.

Use a knife to slice the rectangles of dough into narrow strips, about 1/2" wide, so that you have one strip of dough per hot dog.

Wrap one strip of dough around each hot dog, so that there is space between the dough and it reaches from top to bottom of the hot dog.

Add two drops of mustard near the top of your hot dog mummies (on the hot dog itself) to be the eyes.

Place your hot dog mummies on a baking sheet prepared with non-stick cooking spray and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the dough turns golden brown on the outside.

More Halloween Kids Recipes

A spooky Halloween cupcake recipe perfect for slime-loving kids, these Slime Monster Cupcakes are sure to be a hit at your Halloween festivities!

Halloween Slime Monster Cupcakes Recipe

Are your kids obsessed with slime?

These Slime Monster Cupcakes are a fun way to pay homage to every kids’ favorite hobby these days – SLIME! (This Edible Gummy Bear Slime recipe is always a winner!)

You can make these Slime Monster Cupcakes two ways – to just look like a slime monster perched on top, or you can actually fill them with “slime” (aka, dyed vanilla pudding).

The second option can be a bit messy, so be prepared! If serving at a Halloween party where people will be wearing costume, you might want to warn them about the slime inside first!

While we provided a recipe for homemade chocolate cupcakes, feel free to swap in a boxed chocolate cake mix. The real winner here is that delicious homemade buttercream frosting – which would be a crime to replace with the jarred stuff.

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Place softened butter into a bowl and beat in 2 cups of icing sugar. Add 2 Tablespoons heavy cream and vanilla.

Add remaining icing sugar 1/2 cup at a time until you reach your desired consistency. Add food colouring, if using.

Spoon the frosting into a piping bag with no tip or a circular tip.

If adding a slime filling, dye the vanilla pudding green, and then scoop into a piping bag. Make a hole in the center of the cupcake and fill with the green pudding.

TIP: While you can use a knife to make a hole in your cupcakes, these handy Cupcake Corer tools make this step a breeze!

Swirl the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes.

Melt the candy melts with the shortening for 25 seconds, stir, and reheat if necessary.

Place a large marshmallow in the center of each cupcake and spoon 1-2 Tablespoons of the candy melts overtop. Use the back of a spoon to help the candy melts move if needed.

Repeat with the other ghost cupcakes. After each ghost has dried for about 5 minutes, attempt to attach the eyes – if the candy melts are still too soft, give it another couple minutes before re-attempting.

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Place softened butter into a bowl and beat in 2 cups of icing sugar. Add 2 Tablespoons heavy cream and vanilla.

Add remaining icing sugar 1/2 cup at a time until you reach your desired consistency. Add food colouring, if using.

Spoon the frosting into a piping bag with no tip or a circular tip.

If adding a slime filling, dye the vanilla pudding green, and then scoop into a piping bag. Use a cupcake corer to make a hole in the center of the cupcake and fill with the green pudding.

Swirl the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes.

Melt the candy melts with the shortening for 25 seconds, stir, and reheat if necessary.

Place a large marshmallow in the center of each cupcake and spoon 1-2 Tablespoons of the candy melts overtop. Use the back of a spoon to help the candy melts move if needed.

Repeat with the other ghost cupcakes. After each ghost has dried for about 5 minutes, attempt to attach the eyes - if the candy melts are still too soft, give it another couple minutes before re-attempting.

Yes, you CAN be a fun mom while encouraging the kids NOT to eat too much candy! Instead, use that Halloween candy to make a fun Edible Gummy Bear Slime or this stretchy Edible Candy Corn Slime!

This unique Candy Corn Slime is perfect for fall and is perfect for letting younger siblings in on the slime fun.

Edible Candy Corn Slime Recipe

There’s something about candy corn that is so fun and nostalgic – but let’s be honest, it’s gross. (Ok, to be fair, it’s one of those love it or hate it things…our girls always want it!)

My daughter begs me to buy a bag every year, and without fail, we get it home and quickly remember how much we don’t like it.

So, stuck with a bag of candy corn that we were not going to eat, I decided to get creative and started experimenting with various concoctions to try to make a fun edible candy corn slime.

I initially wanted to just use melted candy corn to make a edible candy slime similar to my (now viral) Starburst Candy Slime recipe, but the candy corn hardened really quickly using that method.

However, mixing the candy corn into our Marshmallow Slime recipe ended up being perfect! It still hardens a bit faster than our other candy slime recipes, but you can easily return it to it’s former stretchy state by warming it up in the microwave (just be super careful as it can get hot quickly).

This super simple candy corn slime can be made in a couple different ways.

I wanted to have those pretty stripes for the pictures so I chopped up the candy corn and made a yellow and an orange batch, but you can simply mix it all together for one big batch of orange edible candy slime.

You can also microwave the candy corn right away with the marshmallows, or mix them in halfway through – I prefer to just get it all zapped together in the first place (even if it resembles molten lava for a couple minutes).

This recipe does get HOT so I do not recommend having children help with the heating stage or the kneading stage until you have checked that the slime is no longer hot.

However, once you’re done, the results are a fun stretchy edible candy slime that tastes like candy corn marshmallows!

— Jennifer

Be sure to check out our quick how-to video for how to make edible candy corn slime and then scroll down for your free printable recipe:

Ingredients for Candy Corn Slime

1 cup candy corn

1 1/2 cups marshmallows

1-2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, as needed

Tip: this edible slime can be stored in a ziplock bag in between uses and reheated for 25 seconds when you want to play again. It will get hot, so a grown-up must check it before handing it off to kids. You may need to add more powdered sugar as you play and you may want to rub some oil on your hands if your hands get sticky.

Friendly Frankenstein Treat Bags

Halloween treat bags are perfect for packing party favors, passing out candy during Trick or Treat, or simply as a fun Halloween kids craft.

Instead of buying a bunch of cheapie plastic Halloween treat bags, why not make your own? Our Friendly Frankenstein DIY Halloween Treat Bags are paper based, so they biodegrade and are hopefully a bit better for the planet.

These homemade Halloween treat bags would also be a fun classroom craft that the kids can make themselves. Only simple supplies are needed, and with our free printable template, it’s an activity that can easily be done with a big group.

My girls don’t like gory or really scary stuff (nor do I), so we try to keep our Halloween activities “semi-spooky” and kid-friendly.

What I especially love about these Frankenstein Treat Bags is that the face isn’t scary at all, but rather a bit goofy. That’s why we nicknamed him “Friendly Frankenstein.”

Our Friendly Frankenstein DIY Halloween Treat Bags are a FUN (not scary) Halloween craft that kids will love, and is easy to set up with simple, inexpensive supplies.

Supply List

Frankenstein DIY Halloween Treat Bags Instructions

First, print our free Frankenstein template and cut out the pieces. There are two PDF patterns: one is blank so you can trace onto the colored construction paper of your choice. There is also a colored patten if you have a color printer. Those pieces can be glued directly onto your treat bags.

Once you have all your pieces cut, begin gluing them to your green bags.

TIP: If you don’t have green paper bags available, you could also use regular brown paper lunch bags and paint them green first.

The strip with the zig-zag border should be glued along the open end of the bag. This is Frankenstein’s hair, and you want that to be at the top so his face is right-side-up when the bag is in use.

Glue the eyes and the eyebrows right below the hair; keep a gap between the hair and the eyes.

Glue the mouth and then glue the 3 square patterns (tooth) along the bottom side of the mouth’s inner part.

Glue the t-shape patterns (Nuts and bolts) on both sides of the paper bag.

Feel free to add any other personalizations you like, such as a stitch mark on the face. Allow all glue and details to dry fully before using your Halloween treat bags.

Allow cookies to cool for about 5 minutes (when they are cool enough to handle, but still warm to the touch). Arrange one Rollo in the center of each cookie and gently press down so that it stays in place.

Add a small drop of black decorating icing onto the back of two edible eyes and attach to front and center of the Rollo candy. Also using the black icing, draw legs on top of the cookies, from the center Rollo to the outside of the cookie. Repeat for each cookie.

Allow frosting to set for 15-30 minutes, then enjoy your spooky treat!

Arrange the cookie dough about 3 inches apart on the cookie sheet. Bake according to directions on the package. (We used pre-made dough to save time!)

Allow cookies to cool for about 5 minutes (when they are cool enough to handle, but still warm to the touch). Arrange one Rollo in the center of each cookie and gently press down so that it stays in place.

Add a small drop of black decorating icing onto the back of two edible eyes and attach to front and center of the Rollo candy. Also using the black icing, draw legs on top of the cookies, from the center Rollo to the outside of the cookie. Repeat for each cookie.

Dip 2 olive slices in a little marinara sauce and place on each meatball. Put a dab of marinara in the olive hole and place an edible eyeball (find them here) on each.

Serve with marinara sauce for dipping.

Tip: To make a double batch, use 12 additional pre-cooked meatballs and 1 additional can of crescent roll dough. You should already have enough sliced olives and marinara sauce from your first dozen to cover a double batch.

How to make Halloween caramel apples:

Cover each of your cookie sheets with wax paper, taping down each end. Sray the lined cookie sheets with non-stick baking spray.

Next, unwrap your caramels and put them in a glass bowl with 2 tablespoons of water and put it in your microwave.

Put the bowl of caramels and water in your microwave cooking on heat for 2 minutes, stir and then return to the microwave for another minute, continue repeating this process until the caramel is fully melted.

Pick up each apple by the candy stick with a fork under the bottom of the apple dipping it into the melted caramel. If necessary use a spoon to cover the apple with the caramel.

Place each dipped apple on the wax papper lined cookie sheet. When your apples are done place in your refrigerator to cool for about 5 minutes.

Dip each caramel covered apple into the bowl of peanut bits and roll the sides of the apple in the apple bits. Place back on the wax paper.

ALLERGY TIP: You may sub rice crisp cereal for nuts and still have a deliciously crunchy coating.

Return to the refrigerator for 15 minutes or until the candy is firm on the apples.

Melt the purple and orange candy melts in separate bowls in the microwave, one at a time. When the orange candy is melted completely (following the previous steps) pour it into a plastic squeeze bottle and drizzle each apple and set asside to cool in the refrigerator.

Next, melt the purple candy melts and pour it into another plastic squeeze bottle and drizzle the purple candy on each apple. Return to the refrigerator until the purple melted candy is hardened.

Grocery store apples have a wax coating. You will want to remove the coating before starting to make the caramel apples.

The traditional way to remove the wax coating is to dip your apples in a pot of boiling water for a short amount of time. When you remove the apples, one at a time, from the pot of water, use a rough cloth to wipe the remaining wax off of the apples. Set aside to allow your apples to cool. (Make sure that your apples are dry). Push a stick into the core of each of the apples.

Cover each of your cookie sheets with wax paper, taping down each end. Sray the lined cookie sheets with baking spray.

Next, unwrap your caramels and put them in a glass bowl with 2 tablespoons of water and put it in your microwave.

Put the bowl of caramels and water in your microwave cooking on heat for 2 minutes, stir and then return to the microwave for another minute, continue repeating this process until the caramel is fully melted.

Pick up each apple by the candy stick with a fork under the bottom of the apple dipping it into the melted caramel. If necessary use a spoon to cover the apple with the caramel.

Place each dipped apple on the wax papper lined cookie sheet. When your apples are done place in your refrigerator to cool for about 5 minutes.

Dip each caramel covered apple into the bowl of peanut bits and roll the sides of the apple in the apple bits. Place back on the wax paper.

Return to the refrigerator for 15 minutes or until the candy is firm on the apples.

Melt the purple and orange candy melts in separate bowls in the microwave, one at a time. When the orange candy is melted completely (following the previous steps) pour it into a plastic squeeze bottle and drizzle each apple and set asside to cool in the refrigerator.

Next, melt the purple candy melts and pour it into another plastic squeeze bottle and drizzle the purple candy on each apple. Return to the refrigerator until the purple melted candy is hardened.

Ready in 5 minutes! Your kids will love this special spooky breakfast and you’ll love how easy these Jack O’Lantern Halloween Pancakes are to make!

It’s easier than you’d think to make a fun and festive Halloween themed breakfast — you can whip up a quick batch of these Jack ‘O’ Lantern Pancakes in just minutes!

We keep things easy by using black frosting to draw the face, or you can skip the frosting and simply do orange “pumpkin” pancakes.

Pro Tip: Make your pancakes taste like pumpkin too! Replace 1 Tablespoon of the melted butter or oil with 1 Tablespoon of pumpkin puree. That will also help dye the pancake batter naturally if you want to reduce the amount of food colouring in the pancakes.

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